A design-led landscaping studio in Granite Falls.
Cal Renstrom trained as a landscape designer at the University of Minnesota and spent four years at a Twin Cities firm doing high-end residential work before coming home to Granite Falls in 2017. Granite Yard opened that year — a deliberate decision to build a small, design-focused company in a part of the state most landscape designers leave behind.
The work is built around regional reality. Western Minnesota sits in USDA Zone 4a–4b. The clay soils are real. The wind is real. The January cold snap that takes out anything rated to Zone 5 is real. Cal and Erin Holloway — partner and horticulturist with fifteen years of regional native-plant experience — design for what actually grows here.
The studio is six crew members during the growing season, three through winter. The shop sits on 9th Avenue in Granite Falls. No franchise model, no subscription mowing, no upsells. Granite Yard holds MN Landscape Contractor License #LC-04218 and has been a member of the MNLA member since 2018 (Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association) since 2018.
If you have a property that deserves a real plan instead of a quick verbal estimate, request a consult.
The studio.
Cal Renstrom
Trained at the University of Minnesota; worked four years at a Twin Cities firm before coming home to Granite Falls in 2017 to start Granite Yard. Draws every plan personally.
Erin Holloway
Fifteen years of regional native-plant experience. Sources every plant on the spec sheet and runs the first-year follow-up program.
Growing-season crew
Install crew handles hardscape, planting, and seasonal cleanups. Cross-trained on both the design intent and the install detail.
Winter crew
Snow service, ice management, holiday lighting install and takedown. Same people you'll see in summer doing the planting.
Credentials
Licensed
MN Landscape Contractor License #LC-04218
MNLA member
MNLA member since 2018 (Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association)
Insured
$2M general liability. Worker's comp on every crew member. Certificate available on request.